Andrew GriffithsFurther to my earlier post, the author of the “Self Empowerment Pledge” is a man by the name of Joe Tye. He is a specialist Values Coach based in the USA. Take a moment to have a look at his site. Joe has some great tools and advice that really resonate with my own beliefs. Clearly he is a smart operator with real integrity. Congratulations Joe and we hope to see you in Australia sometime soon.
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Self Empowerment Pledge – UPDATE
Saturday, January 9th, 2010Self Empowerment Pledge
Saturday, January 9th, 2010This is a very good presentation with some practical advice for making big changes in your life by committing only a few minutes a day. Surely it is worth a go?
The Self-Empowerment Pledge
View more presentations from Joe Tye.
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What makes a great idea great?
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008You may have already seen the following movie, it has after all been viewed over 37 million times. It says a lot to me, first and foremost the power of the message about spreading love. But it also shows that if you want to create something of substance in the modern world, word of mouth promotion, or word of mouse promotion as I prefer to call it, will spread the news far and wide.
To catch people’s attention you need to have something worth saying or worth selling, be different in some shape or form and be compelling enough for people to want to share your message with the people who are important in their lives, their family and friends.
To me, this is the key to creating an incredibly successful business today, but the big news is that this has always been the secret. Enjoy this wonderful video and give out plenty of hugs in 2009.
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The business owners sixth sense – use it to grow your business.
Thursday, December 4th, 2008So what is this business owners “sixth sense” I’m talking about? In simple terms it’s the ability to be able to tell instinctively that something is not right in your business, it is the ability to be able to sense that something is wrong with a proposed deal or the person sitting across the desk from you is saying something that just doesn’t ring true.
From my experience if it doesn’t feel right it probably isn’t – this is the business owner’s sixth sense and whilst I can’t fully explain how it works I have no doubt that it does. I have spoken about this concept with many business owners and entrepreneurs around the globe and most are acutely aware of their own “sixth sense” and the smartest ones have learnt how to use it to their advantage.
For example, I had a friend who owned a transport company. He walked around his yard every morning and he could get a feeling on how busy the business was. He did this every morning and he could accurately predict how the business was trading, simply based on what was happening in his yard. Of course if the yard was empty it was fair to assume that the business was busy, but what impressed me the most was how this man could tell when the trading figures put in front of him by his financial controller were wrong, simply by his gut feeling. And the vast majority of times he was right.
I see many examples of this business owner’s sixth sense every day. I also perceive it as yet another tool that business owners can use to grow their business and because of this, I tend to call it a marketing tool.
If we listen to our sixth sense it can help us to identify problems in our day to day operation such as customer service issues, marketing shortfalls and other internal business challenges that ultimately have a significant impact on a businesses success.
This business owner’s sixth sense is something that develops over time and it is just as relevant in our private life as it is in business. We need to learn to listen to this little voice at the back of our mind, to train it and to encourage it to come out when we need it. Any time I have ignored it, it has either cost me money or caused me grief, or both.
Have you ever been in a situation in your business that just doesn’t feel right but you ignore the nagging feeling and go ahead anyway only to find out that it was a bad decision? Well that tingling wasn’t your spider sense, it was your business sixth sense trying to get out and to be heard. It is a priceless tool that will help your life as an entrepreneur to be far more successful and enjoyable if you let it.
So whilst this may sound less than a scientific marketing concept, please believe me that it is just as valid as any of the most accepted marketing procedures.
I have been in business in one shape or form for well over 20 years and I know that in this time I have developed my business sixth sense and it has helped me to become a much better and more successful entrepreneur. As I get older I put far more credence on my sixth sense then ever before and I always try to make time when pondering a significant issue, to just think and listen to that voice inside. It is always time well spent.
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Unplug every once in a while…
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
We certainly live in a world powered by electricity, communication, contact, demands, urgency and a sense that so many of our day to day tasks need to be done right this second. This has to take a toll on even the most resilient of workaholics.
I suggest that you make a certain number of hours every day, or every few days, or on the weekends, totally free of communication to the outside world. Turn off your mobile phone, put the answering machine on, shut down your email programme and just go about doing your day to day tasks without the added stress of a constant stream of new demands.
Initially this can be really tough. Most of us are addicted to communication in some shape or form and we have become like Pavlov’s Dog. We here the beep of a “new email” and we stop everything to see what this new message is all about. Or we are focusing on a specific task and the phone rings. We have to break our concentration and attend to this new distraction. We have the attention span of tree snails.
In reality how much of the day to day communications that we get are urgent? How many need our immediate attention? I am sure some probably do, but I bet that most don’t. Great customer service is not necessarily all about leaping through the phone when ever it rings, or responding to an email the minute it comes in. Sure these are good practises, but they become very hard to live up to after a while. But that is the topic of another blog posting.
Reprogramme yourself and your communication patterns. Make time on a regular basis for you to be able to do what you do and give it 100% of your attention. The end result is that your work becomes so much more enjoyable. Your brain is happier because it is able to put all of its best energy into one key task. And most importantly, you will get more done and you will do it to a much higher standard. There really is no down side to doing this and in time, it might even become habit forming.
So unplug today – just for a little while and see how you go…….
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